Oraisons funèbres
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Oraisons funèbres is a celebrated collection of 17th-century French funeral orations renowned for their eloquence, moral gravity, and classical rhetorical style.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of speeches
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funeral orations ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic liturgical tradition
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courtly and aristocratic funerals ⓘ |
| contains | individual funeral sermons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian rhetoric
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French classical prose ⓘ funeral oration ⓘ religious oratory ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Ancien Régime France
NERFINISHED
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Catholic Counter-Reformation culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
French pulpit oratory
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later French prose stylists ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Catholic elites
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cultivated French public ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
oratory
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sermon-like discourse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French Classicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfComposition |
carefully structured argumentation
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use of classical rhetorical figures ⓘ |
| moralTone |
didactic
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grave ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classical rhetorical style
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eloquence ⓘ moral gravity ⓘ |
| reception |
celebrated for eloquence
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considered a model of French classical oratory ⓘ |
| rhetoricalAim |
consolation
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edification ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ praise of the deceased ⓘ |
| style |
balanced antithesis
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biblical allusion ⓘ periodic sentence structure ⓘ rhetorical prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian interpretation of history
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lives of the deceased ⓘ moral exemplarity of the dead ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian virtue
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consolation of the living ⓘ death ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ mortality ⓘ vanity of worldly glory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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